A recent leak has exposed around 12,000 documents from the Chinese hacking contractor firm KnownSec, shedding light on China’s surveillance and hacking capabilities. The leaked documents include a variety of hacking tools like remote-access Trojans and data extraction programs. Notably, the leak also includes a target list featuring over 80 organizations from which the hackers claim to have stolen information, such as Indian immigration data, call records from a South Korean telecom operator, and road-planning data from Taiwan.
This leak provides a rare glimpse into China’s intelligence gathering activities, which are typically shrouded in secrecy. The documents reveal not only the tools used by KnownSec but also the scale and scope of their operations, hinting at potential ties to the Chinese government.
Source: WIRED